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I know a lot of you don't like doing icons, so I thought I would create an icon guide for beginners that will help you to think about the compositions of not only each single icon, but also how they work together in a set.
You may use this tutorial to learn and for inspiration (that's the whole point of it, duh) - but you may not reproduce this tutorial or any of the icons shown in it in any way. No redistributing, same as always.
And if you haven't thought about it yet, you should definitely consider creating your sets on the same canvas (instead of creating an icon and then moving it over to the canvas). I used to do it the second way, but actually creating them all on the same canvas makes it so much easier to make the compositions work together and create cohesion. Just a thought.
Hope this helps you with your icon struggles <3
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Comments: 31
jayynames In reply to Super-Fan-Wallpapers [2016-11-15 19:41:55 +0000 UTC]
those are lovely! <3
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FeistySins [2016-08-21 20:06:23 +0000 UTC]
I'll have to try this >_>
I still need to make more icons.
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Elflover21 [2016-08-08 22:37:54 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for this, I have been looking for tuts on icons, and they're so hard to find! This will help a lot!
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jayynames In reply to Elflover21 [2016-08-12 15:47:32 +0000 UTC]
i guess most people don't share my love of icons xD
i hope it does help <33
thank you.
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jayynames In reply to chloemonelle [2016-08-12 15:47:48 +0000 UTC]
that's great! <33
thanks for leaving a comment
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Historri [2016-07-02 18:15:00 +0000 UTC]
i have no idea how i missed this. but this is awesome. and thank you!
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jayynames In reply to Historri [2016-07-06 00:00:49 +0000 UTC]
you're welcome.
i hope it helps
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XxTheAvengerXxX [2016-06-30 16:45:29 +0000 UTC]
I swear, icons are my kryptonite! This will help a bunch! Thank you~!!!!!
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jayynames In reply to XxTheAvengerXxX [2016-07-06 00:01:15 +0000 UTC]
i hope it does
you just gotta conquer the icon! make it yo b*tch!
you're welcome, love <33
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XxTheAvengerXxX In reply to jayynames [2016-07-06 03:39:57 +0000 UTC]
I almost spit my food out!! XD Hahaha!! I'll try that!
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jayynames In reply to XxTheAvengerXxX [2016-07-09 19:35:46 +0000 UTC]
bahahaha xD
show 'em who's boss!
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ElasticArt [2016-06-29 00:58:01 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so so much, It's such a hard job for me to do icons, I think this is gonna be so useful for me!
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jayynames In reply to ElasticArt [2016-06-29 23:10:50 +0000 UTC]
i hope so!
icons can be super daunting.
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champagnedeity [2016-06-27 13:47:49 +0000 UTC]
AJDSHGVHBAJKlasknJA I'M gonna print this and tape it to my forehead! okno, cause then i wouldn't see it
but thanks a million hun i have no idea where to even start when making a little thing of these....
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jayynames In reply to champagnedeity [2016-06-27 23:30:17 +0000 UTC]
xD
i already love your icons x10 (like the set that your current av is from)
i hope this tutorial gives you some inspiration <33
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jhopq0604 [2016-06-27 08:33:33 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for this. I am in the middle of making icon sets and this is a lot of help plus I got so much inspiration from the samples you gave. Oh and btw, I love making icons. There's a special kind of challenge in putting creativity & imagination in such a teeny-tiny space . Thanks again.
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jayynames In reply to jhopq0604 [2016-06-28 02:08:02 +0000 UTC]
i'm glad that you find it helpful <3
and that you enjoy my icons xD
i completely agree. i think i get so used to working with small spaces, that when i try to do a blend i'm like WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS SPACE?!?! but really, there are so many different solutions to icon compositions. i'm always seeing something new when people post their sets. i personally really enjoy it.
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ephyreia [2016-06-27 07:33:53 +0000 UTC]
omg, thank you sooo much for this Jayy, a little help with icons is always helpful<3
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jayynames In reply to ephyreia [2016-06-28 02:05:06 +0000 UTC]
<333
well then i hope it does help
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jayynames In reply to run-on-gasoline [2016-06-27 23:31:11 +0000 UTC]
-big ol' kiss on your forehead-
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herrondale [2016-06-27 05:07:23 +0000 UTC]
yes i do not like doing icons, even though i've made a truce with it quite some time ago hahaha
this is so helpful i might cry
your icons are soo pretty tho jayy and i always love your icon tutorials
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jayynames In reply to herrondale [2016-06-28 02:05:59 +0000 UTC]
i used to hate making icons, actually.
but i learned to love the minimal space. makes cropping things so much easier.
i really hope that this is of help to you, though. <3
and thank youuu <333
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